Kennel bosses today hit out at pet owners who neglect and dump their dogs after having to put three down in a matter of weeks.

Eunice Reece and Michael Knight at Gemini Kennels in Wickford say they do everything possible to put dogs back on the road to recovery to start a new life.

However in the past few weeks three dogs have been brought into the kennels in such a state they could not survive.

An eight-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier was so starved Eunice described him as a "skeleton". A ten-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier was found blind, starved and traumatised.

And a seven-year-old Westie, dumped in Grays, was found unable to stand up and could not be saved by vets who found it had a brain condition.

"Why do people get dogs when they do not want them?" asked Eunice. "Why do they dump them when they know they are ill?

"It is just disgusting."

Published Thursday, June 26, 2003

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